Monday, April 16, 2012

April 16, 2012 – Book Review – High Hopes Farm by Maree Kenneally

High Hopes Farm by
Maree Kenneally

Publisher:Self-published?

Romance

Product Description From Amazon

When Kate Thompson returns from college to her family sheep
farm with her boyfriend Dylan in tow, she expects to take her place as her
father’s right-hand on the farm. Instead she returns to a farm in ruin, and a
father in despair. Her relationship begins to crumble, and Kate’s dreams
crumble with it. When tragedy strikes, Kate finds herself caring for her
distraught mother while battling her own grief and a dysfunctional
relationship. Summoning all her strength, Kate seeks help from two courageous
young women- Leah and Jess.

High Hopes Farm is the story of three young women who must
each pick up the pieces of their broken hearts and dreams and find the courage
to head into uncharted territory if they ever want a chance at achieving their
dreams. Can they find happiness after so much death and ruin? And when new love
comes into Kate’s life, will she take a leap of faith?

Review:

2.5 Stars out of 5

First I should point out that I’m pretty sure this is a
self-published book and in many ways that colors my opinion because I think it
takes a lot of effort to put a book together and to do that on your own is
pretty impressive.At least to me.

The story itself was pretty good, not great but I enjoyed
reading it and frankly that’s more than ½ the battle.Could it have been a great story?Absolutely!The premise was interesting and the characters were as well.I think where it fell short for me was with the
character Dylan.The story seemed to be
setting him up as the character who could have been used to add an element of
suspense into the story.He comes across
as a bigoted drunkard who would stoop to any level to hurt Kate, but then the
story never takes advantage of that.Then again, maybe that’s just the mood I was in where I wanted the women
of the story to not only be successful but to kick some ass too.

Would I recommend it, sure it’s an easy pleasant read and if
I came across another of her stories I would give that a try if for no other
reason than to see Maree Kenneally’s style develop.